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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) A Flood of Brightness.
(b) A Flood of Sunshine.
(c) A River of Tears.
(d) An Ectasy of Light.

2. Why do most Puritans fast, according to the narrator?
(a) To lose weight.
(b) To purify their bodies.
(c) To conserve food.
(d) To cure disease.

3. Who, in Chapter 5, is referred to as "the figure, the body, the reality of sin?"
(a) Hester.
(b) Hibbins.
(c) Dimmesdale.
(d) Pearl.

4. Why does Hester stay in New England?
(a) She enjoys the brisk winter.
(b) It is the scene of her crime.
(c) Her family is there.
(d) She enjoys whaling.

5. Who, according to the narrator, is at the "head of the social system" in Puritan times?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Governors.
(c) Witches.
(d) Doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. While his health is failing, Dimmesdale has achieved what in his profession?

2. Which character seeks to make him or herself "the one trusted friend, to whom should be confided all the fear"?

3. Chillingworth is described as which of the following in Chapter 11?

4. According to the narrator, which of the following has NOT been one of Hester's "teachers"?

5. The title of Chapter 5 refers to what?

(see the answer key)

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